KZOwebcasting NECC 2008!!!

Thanks again to Twitter, and to kpruitt in particular, for leading me this morning to the http://www.kzowebcasting.com/necc/ website. Like many others at NECC2008 in San Antonio, Texas, I missed a lot of sessions I really wanted to make. This site makes it possible for me to be there, albeit asynchronously. I'll be pointing my folks at my week-long Web2.0 for Us! workshop next week to this site, and may even use some of our precious time together to view these together using the kzowebcasting interface. Yay!

What if I form a "club" to visit these videocasts on a weekly or monthly basis with a group of my colleagues at my school over a cup of coffee or a local brew so that they can benefit from experiencing them the way that I now get to?

See my earlier post about how I actually spent my time at NECC!

VOTE for my High Schoolers' Safe Driving Video!

From stellar teacher and friend Steve Smail:

My film class put together two 25 second "safe driving" PSAs and entered them in a contest sponsored by Fox17, Ford Motor Co and Westfield Insurance.

One of the two - "Confessions" - was chosen as one of 4 finalists, viewable at http://fox17.com/shared/ford/wztv_video.shtml

The finalist receiving the most online votes between May 1 and May 10 has their PSA aired during American Idol and of course fame and fortune come our way.

So, visit http://fox17.com/shared/ford/wztv_video.shtml, vote for the USN entry (Clip 1, Confessions) if you feel so inclined, and send along your friends and family to do the same.

Now go vote!

http://fox17.com/shared/ford/wztv_video.shtml

"Animator vs. Animation" an Amazing Funny Animation by Alan Becker!

This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time and I'll definitely share it with my kids this coming week. Thought it might brighten your day. By the way, thanks to 4th grader Michael, who sent the link via email to me. Have fun viewing the new flash masterpiece Animator vs. Animation!